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limbless

limbless adjective: lacking limbs.

Adjective

limbless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking limbs.
    • It hurt the general to see the limbless veterans who had sacrificed their arms and legs to a senseless war.
    • We cut down the limbless tree for firewood. It was dead anyways.

limbless meaning in Punjabi

limbless in Punjabi

lacking limbs
ਅੰਗਹੀਣ aṅgahīṇ

Examples of limbless in a sentence

  • It was a limbless thing, with a horrible face, that writhed along the ground in a serpentine fashion.1896, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Doctor Moreau Explains”, in The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction...
  • The squat, limbless growth of the prickly pear was not like the green growths of home, springing on light stalks to lovely flowers like butterflies captured out of air.1930, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Moderate Murderer”, in Four Faultless Felons, London; Toronto, Ont.: Cassell and Company, →OCLC...

Origin of limbless

From limb + -less.

Words formed from limbless

Questions about limbless

What does limbless mean?
Limbless means lacking limbs.
What is limbless in Punjabi?
Limbless in Punjabi is ਅੰਗਹੀਣ (aṅgahīṇ). See Limbless meaning in Punjabi.
How do you use limbless in a sentence?
It was a limbless thing, with a horrible face, that writhed along the ground in a serpentine fashion.
What part of speech is limbless?
Limbless is an adjective.

Words near limbless in the dictionary

  1. limbier
  2. limbies
  3. limbiest
  4. limbiness
  5. limbing
  6. limbless
  7. limblessly
  8. limblessness
  9. limbline
  10. limblines
  11. limbmeal

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